The Advanced Layer Renamer is a robust, feature-rich script designed for Photoshop professionals who need to manage, organize, and update layer names in complex projects. This script provides an extensive user interface that offers multiple search and renaming options, making it one of the most flexible tools for handling large numbers of layers.
- Comprehensive Renaming Options:
- The script allows you to search for layers using various matching criteria such as “Contains”, “Matches”, “Begins With”, and “Ends With”, which accommodates different naming patterns and conventions.
- It offers several renaming methods including simple replacement, full name replacement, and even the addition of prefixes or suffixes. This is particularly valuable when you want to standardize or update layer names across a messy or inconsistent document.
- Advanced Filtering:
- Beyond basic text matching, the script includes support for regular expressions, case insensitivity, and global search modifiers, giving you fine-grained control over which layers are targeted for renaming.
- It also allows you to limit the scope of renaming operations based on advanced settings such as layer blend modes, layer types, opacity, and fill opacity. This ensures that only the relevant layers are updated, preserving the integrity of your document structure.
- Flexible Selection Management:
- The script can operate on both matching layers (determined by your search criteria) and layers you have already selected manually.
- It includes options to either create a new selection from the matching layers or modify the current selection by adding or removing layers, thereby helping you maintain precise control over the batch processing.
- Workflow Efficiency:
- In projects with dozens or even hundreds of layers, manually renaming each one would be time-consuming and error-prone. This tool automates that process, significantly improving consistency and saving time.
- By enabling a systematic approach to renaming, it supports a more organized workspace, which is crucial for further editing, collaborative work, or when integrating with additional automation or scripting tasks.
- Customizable and User-Friendly Interface:
- The detailed UI provides clear options and toggles for every aspect of the renaming process, making it accessible even for users who need advanced functionality without sacrificing ease of use.
- Its structure supports a more professional workflow, where maintaining naming conventions can be critical for project scalability and future script integration.
JavaScript
/*
<javascriptresource>
<name>Advanced Layer Renamer</name>
<category>AvancedUtils</category>
</javascriptresource>
*/
var doc;
// InputFields
var searchInputField;
var replaceWithField;
// Arrays
var matchingLayers = [];
var layersToUpdate = [];
var layerIDs = [];
var selected = [];
// Toggles
var matchesToggle;
var containsToggle;
var begingsWithToggle;
var endsWithToggle;
var replaceToggle;
var replaceWholeToggle;
var addPrefixToggle;
var addSuffixToggle;
var updateMatchingToggle;
var updateSelectedToggle;
var newSelectionToggle;
var removeFromSelectionToggle;
// CheckBoxex
var opacityCheckBox;
var fillOpacityCheckBox;
var ignoreCaseCheckBox;
var useRegExCheckBox;
var globalCheckBox;
var selectMatchingCheckBox;
// Dropdowns
var layerTypeDropdown;
var blendModeDropdown;
// Selection bools
var selectWhenRenaming = false;
// Default opacity values
var minOpacity = 0;
var maxOpacity = 100;
var minFillOpacity = 0;
var maxFillOpacity = 100;
// Regex flag
var flag = "";
String.prototype.endsWith = function (str) {
return this.substring(this.length - str.length, this.length) === str;
};
String.prototype.startsWith = function (str) {
return this.substring(0, str.length) === str;
};
var layerBlendModes = {
"Normal": BlendMode.NORMAL,
"Dissolve": BlendMode.DISSOLVE,
"Darken": BlendMode.DARKEN,
"Multiply": BlendMode.MULTIPLY,
"Color Burn": BlendMode.COLORBURN,
"Linear Burn": BlendMode.LINEARBURN,
"Darker Color": BlendMode.DARKERCOLOR,
"Lighten": BlendMode.LIGHTEN,
"Screen": BlendMode.SCREEN,
"Color Dodge": BlendMode.COLORDODGE,
"Linear Dodge (Add)": BlendMode.LINEARDODGE,
"Lighter Color": BlendMode.LIGHTERCOLOR,
"Overlay": BlendMode.OVERLAY,
"Soft Light": BlendMode.SOFTLIGHT,
"Hard Light": BlendMode.HARDLIGHT,
"Vivid Light": BlendMode.VIVIDLIGHT,
"Linear Light": BlendMode.LINEARLIGHT,
"Pin Light": BlendMode.PINLIGHT,
"Hard Mix": BlendMode.HARDMIX,
"Difference": BlendMode.DIFFERENCE,
"Exclusion": BlendMode.EXCLUSION,
"Subtract": BlendMode.SUBTRACT,
"Divide": BlendMode.DIVIDE,
"Hue": BlendMode.HUE,
"Saturation": BlendMode.SATURATION,
"Color": BlendMode.COLORBLEND,
"Luminosity": BlendMode.LUMINOSITY
};
var layerTypes = {
"Normal": LayerKind.NORMAL,
"Text": LayerKind.TEXT,
"SmartObject": LayerKind.SMARTOBJECT,
"Solid": LayerKind.SOLIDFILL,
"Gradient": LayerKind.GRADIENTFILL,
"Pattern": LayerKind.PATTERNFILL,
"Brightness/Contrast": LayerKind.BRIGHTNESSCONTRAST,
"Levels": LayerKind.LEVELS,
"Curves": LayerKind.CURVES,
"Exposure": LayerKind.EXPOSURE,
"Vibrance": LayerKind.VIBRANCE,
"Hue/Saturation": LayerKind.HUESATURATION,
"Color Balance": LayerKind.COLORBALANCE,
"Black & White": LayerKind.BLACKANDWHITE,
"Photo Filter": LayerKind.PHOTOFILTER,
"Channel Mixer": LayerKind.CHANNELMIXER,
"Color Lookup": LayerKind.COLORLOOKUP,
"Invert": LayerKind.INVERSION,
"Posterize": LayerKind.POSTERIZE,
"Threshold": LayerKind.THRESHOLD,
"Gradient Map": LayerKind.GRADIENTMAP,
"Selective Color": LayerKind.SELECTIVECOLOR
};
var adjustmentLayers = [
LayerKind.BRIGHTNESSCONTRAST, LayerKind.LEVELS, LayerKind.CURVES,
LayerKind.EXPOSURE, LayerKind.VIBRANCE, LayerKind.HUESATURATION,
LayerKind.COLORBALANCE, LayerKind.BLACKANDWHITE, LayerKind.PHOTOFILTER,
LayerKind.CHANNELMIXER, LayerKind.COLORLOOKUP, LayerKind.INVERSION, LayerKind.POSTERIZE,
LayerKind.THRESHOLD, LayerKind.GRADIENTMAP, LayerKind.SELECTIVECOLOR
];
if (app.documents.length <= 0) {
alert("No active document");
} else {
doc = app.activeDocument;
doc.suspendHistory("Rename Layers", "main();");
}
function main() {
selected = getSelectedLayersIndices();
layerIDs = getSelectedLayersID(selected);
if(layerIDs.length > 1) {
deselectAllLayers();
selectLayersByID(layerIDs);
}
showUI();
}
function showUI() {
var w = new Window("dialog", "Advanced Layer Renamer", undefined, {closeButton: true});
w.alignChildren = "fill";
var searchResults = "";
var inputGrp = w.add("group");
inputGrp.add("statictext", undefined, "Search For:");
searchInputField = inputGrp.add("edittext", undefined, searchResults);
searchInputField.characters = 30;
var panelGrp = w.add("panel", undefined, undefined);
panelGrp.orientation = "row";
containsToggle = panelGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Contains");
matchesToggle = panelGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Matches");
begingsWithToggle = panelGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Begins With");
endsWithToggle = panelGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Ends With");
containsToggle.value = true;
var replaceGrp = w.add("group");
replaceGrp.add("statictext", undefined, "Replace with:");
replaceWithField = replaceGrp.add("edittext", undefined, "");
replaceWithField.characters = 30;
var toggleGrp = w.add("panel", undefined, undefined);
toggleGrp.orientation = "row";
toggleGrp.alignChildren = "fill";
replaceToggle = toggleGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Replace");
replaceWholeToggle = toggleGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Replace Whole");
addPrefixToggle = toggleGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Add Prefix");
addSuffixToggle = toggleGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Add Suffix");
replaceToggle.value = true;
var buttonGrp = w.add('group {alignment: "center"}');
var updateLayerNamesBtn = buttonGrp.add('button', undefined, 'Update Layer Names');
updateLayerNamesBtn.preferredSize = {width: 160,height: 40};
updateLayerNamesBtn.onClick = function () {
matchingLayers = [];
layersToUpdate = [];
var selectedIDs = [];
var isInvalid = false;
if(!selectMatchingCheckBox.value) {
selected = getSelectedLayersIndices();
selectedIDs = getSelectedLayersID(selected);
}
if(updateMatchingToggle.value) {
layerIDs = [];
returnMatchingLayers(doc.layers)
layersToUpdate = matchingLayers;
}
else {
returnLayersToUpdate(doc.layers);
}
for (var i = 0; i < layersToUpdate.length; i++) {
var tempVis = layersToUpdate[i].visible;
if (!layersToUpdate[i].isBackgroundLayer) {
if (searchInputField.text == "" && replaceToggle.value) {
isInvalid = true;
if (selectMatchingCheckBox.value) {
doc.activeLayer = layersToUpdate[i];
layerIDs.push(getLayerID());
}
} else {
var indice = 0;
var text = replaceWithField.text;
if (text.match("%NN")) {
if (searchInputField.text == "" && !updateSelectedToggle.value) {
indice = layersToUpdate.length - i - 1;
} else {
indice = layersToUpdate.length - i;
}
if (indice < 10) {
indice = "0" + indice.toString();
}
text = text.replace(/%NN/g, indice);
}
indice = 0;
if (text.match("%nn")) {
indice = i + 1;
if (indice < 10) {
indice = "0" + indice.toString();
}
text = text.replace(/%nn/g, indice);
}
updateNames(layersToUpdate[i], text)
if (selectMatchingCheckBox.value) {
doc.activeLayer = layersToUpdate[i];
layerIDs.push(getLayerID());
}
}
}
layersToUpdate[i].visible = tempVis;
}
if (isInvalid) {
alert("Replace option not available with empty search.\nTry 'replace whole', 'add prefix' or 'add suffix' options instead.");
}
if (layerIDs.length !== 0 && selectMatchingCheckBox.value) {
if(layerIDs.length === 1) {
selectLayerByID(layerIDs[0]);
if(!doc.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer) {
deselectAllLayers();
}
}
else {
deselectAllLayers();
}
selectLayersByID(layerIDs);
}
if (selectedIDs.length !== 0 && !selectMatchingCheckBox.value) {
if(selectedIDs.length === 1) {
selectLayerByID(selectedIDs[0]);
if(!doc.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer) {
deselectAllLayers();
}
}
else {
deselectAllLayers();
}
selectLayersByID(selectedIDs);
}
}
var UpdateOptionsGrp = w.add('group {alignment: "center"}');
UpdateOptionsGrp.orientation = "row";
updateMatchingToggle = UpdateOptionsGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Matching");
updateMatchingToggle.value = true;
updateSelectedToggle = UpdateOptionsGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Selected");
var advancedSettingsGrp = w.add("panel", undefined, "Advanced Settings:");
advancedSettingsGrp.orientation = "column";
advancedSettingsGrp.alignChildren = "left";
var blendModeGrp = advancedSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
blendModeGrp.orientation = "row";
blendModeGrp.alignChildren = "fill";
blendModeGrp.add("statictext", undefined, "Blend Mode:");
blendModeDropdown = blendModeGrp.add("dropdownlist", undefined, ["Any ",
"-", "Normal", "Dissolve", "-", "Darken", "Multiply", "Color Burn", "Linear Burn", "Darker Color", "-", "Lighten",
"Screen", "Color Dodge", "Linear Dodge (Add)", "Lighter Color", "-", "Overlay", "Soft Light", "Hard Light",
"Vivid Light", "Linear Light", "Pin Light", "Hard Mix", "-", "Difference", "Exclusion", "Subtract", "Divide", "-",
"Hue", "Saturation", "Color", "Luminosity"
]);
blendModeDropdown.selection = 0;
var layerTypeGrp = advancedSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
layerTypeGrp.orientation = "row";
layerTypeGrp.alignChildren = "fill";
layerTypeGrp.add("statictext", undefined, "Layer Type:");
layerTypeDropdown = layerTypeGrp.add("dropdownlist", undefined, ["Any", "-", "Normal", "Text", "Group/Frame",
"SmartObject", "-", "Solid", "Gradient", "Pattern", "-", "Any Non-Fill Adjustement Layer", "-",
"Brightness/Contrast", "Levels", "Curves", "Exposure", "-", "Vibrance", "Hue/Saturation", "Color Balance",
"Black & White", "Photo Filter", "Channel Mixer", "Color Lookup", "-", "Invert", "Posterize", "Threshold",
"Gradient Map", "Selective Color"
]);
layerTypeDropdown.selection = 0;
var checkboxGrp = advancedSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
checkboxGrp.orientation = "row";
checkboxGrp.alignChildren = "left";
opacityCheckBox = checkboxGrp.add("checkbox", undefined, "Limit By Opacity");
fillOpacityCheckBox = checkboxGrp.add("checkbox", undefined, "Limit By Fill");
var opacityGrp = advancedSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
opacityGrp.orientation = "row";
opacityGrp.alignChildren = "left";
opacityGrp.add("statictext", undefined, "Opacity:");
var minOpacityField = opacityGrp.add('edittext {text: 0, characters: 3, justify: "left", active: true}');
minOpacityField.onChange = function () {
minOpacity = parseInt(minOpacityField.text);
if (isNaN(minOpacity) || minOpacity < 0) {
minOpacityField.text = 0;
minOpacity = 0;
} else if (isNaN(minOpacity) || minOpacity >= 100) {
minOpacityField.text = 100;
minOpacity = 100;
}
}
minOpacityField.characters = 4;
opacityGrp.add("statictext", undefined, ":");
var maxOpacityField = opacityGrp.add('edittext {text: 100, characters: 3, justify: "left", active: true}');
maxOpacityField.onChange = function () {
maxOpacity = parseInt(maxOpacityField.text);
if (isNaN(maxOpacity) || maxOpacity < 0) {
maxOpacityField.text = 0;
maxOpacity = 0;
} else if (isNaN(maxOpacity) || maxOpacity >= 100) {
maxOpacityField.text = 100;
maxOpacity = 100;
}
}
maxOpacityField.characters = 4;
var fillGrp = advancedSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
fillGrp.orientation = "row";
fillGrp.align = "fill";
fillGrp.add("statictext", undefined, "Fill: ");
var minFillOpacityField = fillGrp.add('edittext {text: 0, characters: 3, justify: "left", active: true}');
minFillOpacityField.onChange = function () {
minFillOpacity = parseInt(minFillOpacityField.text);
if (isNaN(minFillOpacity) || minFillOpacity < 0) {
minFillOpacityField.text = 0;
minFillOpacity = 0;
} else if (isNaN(minFillOpacity) || minFillOpacity >= 100) {
minFillOpacityField.text = 100;
minFillOpacity = 100;
}
}
minFillOpacityField.characters = 4;
fillGrp.add("statictext", undefined, ":");
var maxFillOpacityField = fillGrp.add('edittext {text: 100, characters: 3, justify: "left", active: true}');
maxFillOpacityField.onChange = function () {
maxFillOpacity = parseInt(maxFillOpacityField.text);
if (isNaN(maxFillOpacity) || maxFillOpacity < 0) {
maxFillOpacityField.text = 0;
maxFillOpacity = 0;
} else if (isNaN(maxFillOpacity) || maxFillOpacity >= 100) {
maxFillOpacityField.text = 100;
maxFillOpacity = 100;
}
}
maxFillOpacityField.characters = 4;
var regGrp = advancedSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
regGrp.orientation = "row";
regGrp.align = "fill";
ignoreCaseCheckBox = regGrp.add("checkbox", undefined, "Ignore Case");
useRegExCheckBox = regGrp.add("checkbox", undefined, "Use RegEx");
globalCheckBox = regGrp.add("checkbox", undefined, "Global");
globalCheckBox.value = true;
searchInputField.active = true;
var selectionSettingsGrp = w.add("panel", undefined, "Selection Settings:");
selectionSettingsGrp.orientation = "column";
selectionSettingsGrp.alignChildren = "left";
var selectionGrp1 = selectionSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
selectionGrp1.orientation = "row";
selectionGrp1.align = "fill";
var selectMatchingBtn = selectionGrp1.add('button', undefined, 'Select Matching');
selectMatchingBtn.onClick = function () {
matchingLayers = [];
var layerIDsToRemove = [];
var layerIDsToSelect = [];
if(newSelectionToggle.value) {
layerIDs = [];
}
returnMatchingLayers(doc.layers);
for (var i = 0; i < matchingLayers.length; i++) {
doc.activeLayer = matchingLayers[i];
if(removeFromSelectionToggle.value) {
layerIDsToRemove.push(getLayerID());
}
else {
layerIDs.push(getLayerID());
}
}
if(removeFromSelectionToggle.value) {
layerIDsToSelect = []
var keep = true;
for(var i = 0; i < layerIDs.length; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < layerIDsToRemove.length; j++) {
if(layerIDs[i] === layerIDsToRemove[j]) {
keep = false;
}
}
if(keep) {
layerIDsToSelect.push(layerIDs[i])
}
keep = true;
}
layerIDs = layerIDsToSelect;
}
if(layerIDs.length !== 0) {
deselectAllLayers();
selectLayersByID(layerIDs);
}
}
selectMatchingCheckBox = selectionGrp1.add("checkbox", undefined, "Select When Renaming");
var selectionGrp = selectionSettingsGrp.add("group", undefined, undefined);
selectionGrp.orientation = "row";
selectionGrp.align = "fill";
newSelectionToggle = selectionGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "New Selection");
newSelectionToggle.value = true;
var addToSelectionToggle = selectionGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Add To Selection");
removeFromSelectionToggle = selectionGrp.add("radiobutton", undefined, "Remove From Selection");
var showWin = w.show();
}
function returnMatchingLayers(layers) {
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
if (layers[i].typename === "LayerSet") {
returnMatchingLayers(layers[i].layers);
matchLayers(matchingLayers, layers[i], searchInputField.text);
} else {
matchLayers(matchingLayers, layers[i], searchInputField.text);
}
}
}
function matchLayers(array, layer, search) {
var layerName = layer.name;
var escapedSearch = escapeRegExp(search);
if (ignoreCaseCheckBox.value) {
escapedSearch = escapedSearch.toLowerCase();
layerName = layerName.toLowerCase();
}
if (matchAdvancedOptions(layer)) {
if (matchesToggle.value) {
if (layerName === search || search === "") {
array.push(layer);
return
}
} else if (containsToggle.value) {
if (useRegExCheckBox.value) {
var regExSearch = new RegExp(search, "g")
if (layerName.match(regExSearch)) {
array.push(layer);
return
}
} else if (layerName.match(escapedSearch)) {
array.push(layer);
return
}
}
if (begingsWithToggle.value) {
if (layerName.startsWith(search)) {
array.push(layer);
return
}
} else if (endsWithToggle.value) {
if (layerName.endsWith(search)) {
array.push(layer);
return
}
}
}
}
function returnLayersToUpdate(layers) {
for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) {
if (layers[i].typename === "LayerSet") {
returnLayersToUpdate(layers[i].layers);
matchID(layers[i]);
} else {
matchID(layers[i]);
}
}
}
function matchID(layer) {
for(var i = 0; i < layerIDs.length; i++ ) {
if (layer.id === layerIDs[i]) {
layersToUpdate.push(layer);
}
}
}
function matchAdvancedOptions(layer) {
if (opacityCheckBox.value) {
if (matchOpacity(layer.opacity, minOpacity, maxOpacity)) {
return false;
}
}
if (fillOpacityCheckBox.value) {
if (matchOpacity(layer.fillOpacity, minFillOpacity, maxFillOpacity)) {
return false;
}
}
if (layer.blendMode !== layerBlendModes[blendModeDropdown.selection.text]) {
if (blendModeDropdown.selection.text !== "Any ") {
return false;
}
}
if ( layer.kind === layerTypes[layerTypeDropdown.selection.text])
{
if (!(layer instanceof LayerSet)) {
return true;
}
}
if(layerTypeDropdown.selection.text === "Group/Frame")
{
if (layer instanceof LayerSet) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
if (layerTypeDropdown.selection.text === "Any") {
return true;
}
if (layerTypeDropdown.selection.text === "Any Non-Fill Adjustement Layer") {
for (var i = 0; i < adjustmentLayers.length; i++) {
if (layer.kind === adjustmentLayers[i]) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
return false;
}
function matchOpacity(opacity, min, max) {
if ((Math.round(opacity) >= min) && (Math.round(opacity) <= max)) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function updateNames(layer, newLayerName) {
var layerName = layer.name;
if (replaceToggle.value) {
var regExString;
var newstr = "";
flag = "";
if (ignoreCaseCheckBox.value && !useRegExCheckBox.value) {
var escapedSearchInput = escapeRegExp(searchInputField.text);
if(globalCheckBox.value) {
flag = "ig";
}
else {
flag = "i";
}
regExString = new RegExp(escapedSearchInput, flag);
newstr = layerName.replace(regExString, newLayerName);
}
else if((ignoreCaseCheckBox.value && useRegExCheckBox.value) || useRegExCheckBox.value) {
if(globalCheckBox.value) {
flag = "g";
}
else if (ignoreCaseCheckBox.value) {
flag = flag.concat("i");
alert(flag)
}
regExString = new RegExp(searchInputField.text, flag);
newstr = layerName.replace(regExString, newLayerName);
} else {
var escapedSearchInput = escapeRegExp(searchInputField.text);
if(globalCheckBox.value) {
flag = "g";
}
else {
flag = "";
}
regExString = new RegExp(escapedSearchInput, flag);
newstr = layerName.replace(regExString, newLayerName);
}
layer.name = newstr;
} else if (replaceWholeToggle.value) {
if(replaceWithField.text !== "") {
layer.name = newLayerName;
}
}
if (addPrefixToggle.value) {
layer.name = newLayerName.concat(layerName);
} else if (addSuffixToggle.value) {
layer.name = layerName.concat(newLayerName);
}
}
function deselectAllLayers() {
var idselectNoLayers = stringIDToTypeID("selectNoLayers");
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID("null");
var ref = new ActionReference();
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID("Lyr ");
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID("Ordn");
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID("Trgt");
ref.putEnumerated(idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt);
desc.putReference(idnull, ref);
executeAction(idselectNoLayers, desc, DialogModes.NO);
}
function getLayerID() {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
return executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("layerID"));
};
function getLayerIDByIndex(idx) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , stringIDToTypeID( "layerID"));
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), idx );
return executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(stringIDToTypeID( "layerID"));;
};
function selectLayersByID(array) {
var idslct = charIDToTypeID("slct");
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID("null");
var ref = new ActionReference();
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID("Lyr ");
ref.putIdentifier(idLyr, array[0]);
desc.putReference(idnull, ref);
var idselectionModifier = stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifier");
var idselectionModifierType = stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifierType");
var idaddToSelection = stringIDToTypeID("addToSelection");
desc.putEnumerated(idselectionModifier, idselectionModifierType, idaddToSelection);
var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID("MkVs");
desc.putBoolean(idMkVs, false);
var idLyrI = charIDToTypeID("LyrI");
var list = new ActionList();
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
selectLayerByID(array[i]);
var layerID = getLayerID();
list.putInteger(layerID);
}
desc.putList(idLyrI, list);
executeAction(idslct, desc, DialogModes.NO);
}
function selectLayerByID(layerID) {
var idslct = charIDToTypeID("slct");
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID("null");
var ref = new ActionReference();
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID("Lyr ");
ref.putIdentifier(idLyr, layerID);
desc.putReference(idnull, ref);
var idselectionModifier = stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifier");
var idselectionModifierType = stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifierType");
var idaddToSelection = stringIDToTypeID("addToSelection");
desc.putEnumerated(idselectionModifier, idselectionModifierType, idaddToSelection);
var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID("MkVs");
desc.putBoolean(idMkVs, false);
executeAction(idslct, desc, DialogModes.NO)
}
function getSelectedLayersIndices()
{
var selectedLayers = new Array;
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
if (desc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID('targetLayers')))
{
desc = desc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('targetLayers'));
var c = desc.count
var selectedLayers = new Array();
for(var i = 0; i < c; ++i)
{
selectedLayers.push(desc.getReference(i).getIndex());
}
}
else
{
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty(charIDToTypeID('Prpr'), charIDToTypeID('ItmI'));
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
selectedLayers.push(executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID('ItmI')));
}
return selectedLayers;
}
function getSelectedLayersID(selected) {
var arr = new Array;
try {
if(selected.length !== 0) {
for(var i = 0; i < selected.length; i++) {
arr.push(getLayerIDByIndex(selected[i]));
}
}
} catch (e) {}
return arr
}
function escapeRegExp(string) {
return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
}
